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Exercise 24

Avg difficulty 2.5

Using your newly found understanding of cylinder and quadric surfaces, for each equation given below, write a couple sentences to describe the shape and key features of each surface. You should try to draw a good plot of each equation by hand and label your graphs.

  1. 25x2+4y2+100z2=10025x^2+4y^2+100z^2=100

  2. 25x2+4y2−100z2=10025x^2+4y^2-100z^2=100

  3. −25x2−4y2+100z2=100-25x^2-4y^2+100z^2=100

  4. 25x2−4y2=025x^2-4y^2=0

  5. 25x2+4y2+100z2=025x^2+4y^2+100z^2=0

  6. 25x2+4y2+100z=025x^2+4y^2+100z=0

  7. 25x2−4y2+100z=025x^2-4y^2+100z=0

  8. −4y2+100z=0-4y^2+100z=0

  9. 25x+4y+100z=10025x+4y+100z=100

  10. −25x2−4y2−100z2=100-25x^2-4y^2-100z^2=100

  11. 25x2−4y2+100z2=−10025x^2-4y^2+100z^2=-100

Long, Keller & Schlicker, Active Calculus Multivariable, §9.8 Common Graphs in Three Dimensions, Exercise 24

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